Influence of Proactive Personality on Career Self‐Efficacy

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between proactive personality and career decision‐making self‐efficacy. In Study 1, the authors validated the Proactive Personality Scale–Korean Short Form, using the Rasch model with 315 participants, and found that fit statistics, point‐measure correlations, and item difficulty estimates satisfy the construct validity criterion. In Study 2, the authors administered the Proactive Personality Scale, Career Decision‐Making Self‐Efficacy Scale, and Career Search Self‐Efficacy Scale to 296 freshman and sophomore college students. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that proactive personality scores explain additional variance in both career decision‐making self‐efficacy and career search self‐efficacy scores. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

From School to Work: Improving Graduates’ Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy

“…Drawing on social cognitive career theory, we constructed a conceptual model to test the predicting effect of proactive personality on CDSE through the mediating role of CSCC with family socioeconomic status as a moderator. Consistent with Hsieh and Huang [20], as well as Kim and Park [21], proactive personality was found to be positively related to CDSE. As expected, the mediating role of CSCC in the association between proactive personality and CDSE was proved in present study, which is in accordance with Bateman and Crant's [18] opinion that proactive personality will trigger active, motivated behaviors to clarify one's career goals.…”

“…Therefore, we assume that a proactive personality would positively affect CDSE. Hsieh and Huang [20], as well as Kim and Park [21], have provided empirical evidence supporting this assumption. On the basis of theoretical reasoning and practical results, we propose that: Hypothesis 1 (H1).…”

“…Proactive personality, referring to "a relatively stable tendency to effect environmental change that differentiates people based on the extent to which they take action to influence their environments" [18] (p. 103), was shown to provide extra explanations for job satisfaction in addition to the Big Five traits [19]. The positive link between proactive personality and CDSE has also been empirically tested [11,20,21]. However, the intervening mechanism underlying this relationship is not clear yet.…”

Parenting style, proactive personality, and career decision self-efficacy among senior high school students

“…Two factors that have significant influence on CDSE are contextual or environmental factors and personality factors. Of the many contextual and personality factors, parenting style and proactive personality are two factors that receive much attention in current studies (Kim & Park, 2017;Lease & Dahlbeck, 2009;Sovet & Metz, 2014).…”

“…Proactive individuals tend to take the initiative to start the process earlier, so that they have more time to find information about their interests or make plans and also helps them to master skills or collect other things needed to make career decisions (Kim & Park, 2017). Furthermore, proactive individuals tend to have high work performance (Crant, 1995) and able to adapt to their careers (Hou, Wu, & Liu, 2014).…”